San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1887-01-13
THE GOVERNORS MESSAGE.


quite explicit concerning the move
ments of the departments during the
past two years, and deals practically
with those questions upon which legis-
cation is suggested. The message de-
clares the need OF some legislation
whereby school funds may be kept so
separate from general revenue as TO per-
init of the comptroller intelligently APP
propriating school funds from the moneys
placed in his hands: Advocates the pay
ment Of all moneys direct TO the Ireasur-
or, leaving to the comptroller the Dusl-
ness OF settlement and the Issue oil war
rants upon the funds In treasnrer's
b tnds: Sets fourth the great Inequality
O the present system Of taxation and the
ease with which the rich avoid their
Just share of the burdens Of public SER
vice. The governor explains the exegen-
cies under which certain idle, surplus
funds ware made available for specific
needs of the state aud justities the ac'
tion thus taken: Urges the necessity OF
restricting the power of municipalities,
county and city, relative TO creating
debts and increasing taxes: The excess
We cost Of collecting revenue In certain
bunties pointed out, and rene
d "a demanded therefore: The gra
and land questions were discoursed
o., and the difficulty OF chang
ing popular ideas referred to as the
ground OF the opposition to the lease
system; such changes in the law rec
ommended as would enable the state 10
manage Its landed property as private
e,tgte would be managed: The peniten-
tiaries and their work was set forth, the
gains aocruiDg from the present system,
and the increased taxation that would
result from combining the convicts with
in walls, and the difficulties of the stu
alton frankly admitted: Recommends the
purchase by the state Of the water
power at Marble Falls ard of the Bur-
net quarries, and employing large
number of the convicts there In taking
out and emitting granite: Does not favor
putting the cOnvic's upon the pubic
roads to improve them: Greer county
boundary commission and It's history
| and work detailed, and his objections to
| the proceedings on the part OF the gem
eral government set forth: The need Of
an efficient state militia emphasized,
and the quality Of Texas material highly
euIogized; the public health of the state
under the efficient services of public
health officer, Swearengen, asserted,
and the economy Of the health
service cOmplimented: Recommends
that the carrying Of arms be made
a felony and pc alties for its violation
increased: Recommends the repeal OF
the laws committing felOns to the peni-
Tertiary for excessively short terms {:
Recommends freeing the penal code
from q burden OF technical rules: De-
nounces the law which does not make
the use of insulting language ajustiti-
able cause Of assault: Recommends leg
islation encouraging the work of the
pupils in the blind, and deaf and dumb
asylums: Demands change in the
methods of supreme court reporting ::
Recommends board Of visitors for the
agricultural and mechanical college
which he represents etficieTt: Calls at
tenEion TO his former recommendation,
that accounts of sheriffS, etc, should be
paid in the counties where services
were rendered: He would find his rem
edy for law delays in the trial courts
and not in those of last resort, and re-
iterates his former recommendations,
viz to remodel the districts and place
two judges upon the bench, increasing
their salaries, and making their joint
decision final except in a few specified
cases: Recommends the repeal Of the
statute under which land grants are is
sued to Texas veterans as mOGkery :
Eulogizes the educational system Of the
state, but concludes that the wOuld-be
oriti"s will have to perfect 1t: Calls
| attention TO the fact that the constitu-
tional period for revising the laws has
come, and refers the legislature TO that
work: The road law referred TO, the
need Of a revision conceded, and the
opinion expressed that the reform Of
| the penal laws and the making it oblg-
atOry upon counties to employ the short
| ha -
all the relief needed. The regulation Of
railways as a duty Of the state and not
of the nation Is asserted, and the re.
sUOnsibility of regulation in Texas laiC
upon the legislature. Directs atten'
tiOn to the Growth sufferers. but seemt
doubtful If the legislature has the pow,
with a reference to the reports of the
heads Of the several departments, to hi
own personal service, and the splendid
condition OF the state treasury.
The governors message was read be-
fore both branches Of the legislature yes
terday afternoon. Concerning its con
tents, more elsewhere.
Ell PAso, in her holiday description
OF the city, turns prophetic, and not onl!
says what the ambitious city is and was
but what IL will be. The will be, llk,
that of San Antonio, is hedged aroun,
with too many uncertainties to allow o
a too positive prophecy. An uncer all
oracle would suit the situation better.